Tales from FAR Manor

Things happen on their own time at FAR Manor, even maintenance projects. I have to gather my motivation, gather tools and materials, then fi...

Contents Thursday, October 20, 2011 The kids talked among themselves, sitting on the front porch of an empty house, waiting for Jason to arr...

All the other stuff that happened this week… Yesterday came the last step of that little procedure I had last Monday — in other words, they...

OK, imagine for a moment that you work behind the counter at a certain Moe’s, somewhere in Sector 706 of Planet Georgia. A middle-aged coupl...

Contents “Sure,” Tim said, and Cleve took the cheap plastic chair next to Tim; it squeaked a little under Cleve’s weight. “Maybe you’ll have...

An old friend of The Boy — from B.B. (Before the Blog) has come back into the picture. Not living here, thank God, he wouldn’t live very lo...

A little update while Mason’s napping… My stitches itches. But that’s pretty much it. Except for a tiny stinging, it hasn’t hurt at all. I...

A while back, I mentioned in passing that the doc checked out the Eternal Zit on my back and told me it was a cyst. I got the appointments ...

Contents Tuesday, October 18, 2011 Nearly everyone got a slow start to the morning. Many seemed to simply go through the motions. Cody left ...

…but not pictures of food fights. We’ll start off with the pictures… Mom and Mason Golf carts on parade… Mason meets his first clown. He did...

As the dust begins to settle on vacation, we also ponder the fallout of The Boy and Snippet. As usual, they pushed things right to the limit...

Contents Nearly everyone came out to watch, until Cleve and Tim protested. “We only need three others,” Cleve said. “Nothin’ for you guys to...

Having a good time, except that Mason is waking up at 6:45 every morning so he doesn't miss out on all the stuff going on. He loves to c...

Those of you who have been kind enough to stick with TFM through all the weirdness, fictional and otherwise, might recognize the name Ms. Al...

Contents “Caitlin was talking to somebody in a pickup,” Little Ben was telling Big Ben — or rather, his camera. “I was afraid she would get ...

After a few calls to support, and a little troubleshooting on my own, I’ve concluded that my iPhone 3G is pretty much toast. It works OK unt...

Shortly after Mrs. Fetched got off the phone Friday afternoon and told me about my doctor appointment coming up Monday, my phone and compute...

Contents From the diary of Ben Cho, fall 2011, condensed: We planted spinach and turnips, and a few stored onions that started sprouting. We...

Since I can’t seem to get to these nearly as often as I’d like… they all get rolled up into one big post. I’ve only had it for a few days,...

Contents The laden trailers slowed them down, which suited Cleve just fine. They stuck to the side of the road, using bike lanes or sidewalk...